I do think Trump hold blame for making people believe it was not as serious as it is. Calling it a hoax, saying it was gonna disappear, saying only 60,00 would die after Fauci had said we would be lucky to hold it between 100,000-200,000. He has some blame to fall on his shoulders for this, and has not handled the situation as well as others have handled things like H1N1, or Ebola breakouts. Yet he refuses to take responsibility for his actions or lack there of. He knew what this was in January and no action at all taken until March. Yes you are right about it being the Governors decision because Trump doesnt want the blame to fall on him so he allows people like Gov. Abbott to take the fall and be ridiculed for making the decisions he wasn't willing too.